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Red blood cell sports world’s smallest moustache

Australian scientists have created the world’s smallest moustache, tiny enough to be modeled by a single red blood cell. Measuring just 5 microns wide, the micro-mo was designed to raise awareness for men’s health. The mini ‘stache was made at the Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication (MCN), using the same techniques scientists use to make drugs […]

‘Great Way to Connect the Community’

For their Day of Service this year, VFW Post 10519 members spearheaded a community blood drive that helped provide for 81 patients across the Milwaukee area. The Post, 11 miles southwest of Milwaukee in Greendale, Wisconsin, had been deciding on its second-annual VFW Day of Service project when members were contacted by representatives from Versiti, […]

Hundreds of Dogs Across the U.S. Are Falling Ill With Unknown Respiratory Illness

Experts recommend that dog owners make sure their pets are up to date on their vaccines and reducing their contact with large numbers of other dogs.  IzaLysonArts / 500px via Getty Images Dogs in a handful of states across the country are coming down with an unknown respiratory illness that has been fatal in some […]

Revolutionary Study Unveils New Cause of Brain Hemorrhages Beyond Blood Vessel Injury

New research has revealed that aged red blood cells interacting with brain capillaries can cause cerebral microbleeds, a finding that upends the traditional belief that these hemorrhages only result from blood vessel injury. This breakthrough offers new avenues for understanding and treating conditions related to aging and brain health. The discovery improves our understanding of […]

Lab-grown blood vessels could potentially treat strokes and vascular dementia

Cerebral SVD contributes to 45% of dementia cases and 20% of ischaemic strokes Scientists from the University of Cambridge’s Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Heart and Lung Research Institute have grown small blood vessel models in labs to potentially treat major causes of stroke and vascular dementia. The team also identified a drug target to ‘plug’ leaks […]

Florida among seven states hit by listeria outbreak, CDC warns

Infected fruit, possibly from a batch already subject to a recall, may be behind an outbreak of listeria in multiple states including three cases in Florida, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning. Ten people have been hospitalized and one person died, according to a health alert sent out by the agency Monday […]

Mixed study results for MorphoSys blood-cancer drug raise questions about approval

LONDON — An experimental blood cancer drug from MorphoSys hit its primary target in a pivotal trial, the company announced late Monday, but the drug faltered in addressing patient symptoms, causing the company’s stock to fall in early Tuesday trading. In the Phase 3 trial, the German company was testing its drug candidate pelabresib combined […]

Exclusive: We Go Hands-On With Feral Interactive’s Upcoming ‘Hitman: Blood Money — Reprisal’ on iPhone and iPad Ahead of Its Launch Later This Month

TouchArcade Rating: Over the last week, I’ve been playing an early build of the upcoming blend of a remaster and remake of Hitman: Blood Money from Feral Interactive, Hitman: Blood Money — Reprisal. Hitman: Blood Money — Reprisal () launches on November 30th, and I’ve been playing it on the iPhone 15 Pro and iPad […]

MorphoSys, after saying AbbVie ‘failed’, defends own mixed blood cancer data, plots approval filings

Jean-Paul Kress’ words are coming back to haunt him. The MorphoSys CEO has previously said AbbVie “failed” its phase 3 myelofibrosis trial because the Big Pharma missed one of two endpoints. Now, Kress is defending MorphoSys’ similarly mixed data on its $1.7 billion rival. The data come from a phase 3 clinical trial of pelabresib, […]